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Tenants' nightmare deferred
THE WORST nightmare of tenants living in property that was returned to its owners under post-communism restitution laws has been put off for a later day.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Hapless tourists prove costly
THE TREACHEROUSNESS of Slovakia's mountains are familiar to thousands of foreign tourists, and yet many are still hiking here without adequate insurance.
Quote of the Week:
“Bratislava airport is sleeping. It is quiet at the airport, and around it. It’s as if our airport bear has just turned over and continued his winter hibernation.”
Museum of mining receives generous grant
A LARGE grant of several million crowns has come to Banská Štiavnica.
Railway company insures its locomotives
ŽSSK Slovensko, which rail transport services, will pay a total of Sk133.9 million to insure its locomotives against breakdowns and damage.
One person's misfortune is another's profit
SLOVAK businesses can now take out insurance against delinquent clients.
Claim paid out on dead dog
AN INSURANCE company paid out thousands to a woman whose Chihuahua was run over by a car.
First permanent Israeli embassy opens
ISRAEL'S diplomatic presence in Slovakia got a permanent home for the first time in March with the opening of its embasssy in Bratislava. The ceremony was attended by Zeev Boker, the Israeli ambassador to Slovakia, Yossi Gal, senior deputy director general for political affairs at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and Oľga Algayerová, Slovakia's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
CIA uses Bratislava airport
THE MYSTERIOUS unmarked jetliner that was parked at Bratislava airport until suddenly departing on March 11 belongs to an American company that owns other aircraft used by the CIA.
Slovakia’s mafia pioneer
If Slovakia has a Mafia Godfather, the police say, it is Miroslav Sýkora. A stalwart six-footer with cropped dark hair, Sýkora is believed to be one of the founders of organized crime in Slovakia in the early 1990s along with a former wrestler, Ján Takáč. At the outset, the pair agreed not to work with the Russian mafia, but the ink on their “deal” was scarcely dry before Sýkora broke it. His bad faith led to a split with Takáč, forming two competing mafia groups in the Slovak capital that would eventually become known as the Sýkorovci and the Takáčovci.
Smolník
SMOLNÍK is a small town on the border of the Gemer and Spiš regions that was founded before the end of the 13th century.
Fico: Slovakia could sign memorandum with USA early next week
Early next week, Slovakia should sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the USA that will result in the cancellation of visa duty for Slovak citizens, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said before the beginning of the EU summit in Brussels on March 13, the TASR wrote.
Constitutional Court puts Labsi extradition on hold
On March 13, a panel of judges of the Constitutional Court put a hold on the Supreme Court's order to extradite Mustapha Labsi to Algeria for criminal prosecution, court spokeswoman Viera Horniaková confirmed.
MP suggests amending the old-age pension saving law
Klára Sarkozy, an MP for the opposition Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), suggested amending the law on the old-age pension scheme on March 13, the SITA wrote.
Slovakia's core inflation speeds to 4.3 percent
Food prices remained the driving factor of consumer price growth in February as they posted a m/m increase of further 0.3 percentage points to 8.6 percent. Core inflation in Slovakia that measures growth of consumer prices with the exclusion of regulated prices, and administrative interventions in the area of taxes thus went up 0.2 percentage points from January to 4.3 percent in the second month of 2008. In a monthly comparison food prices and core inflation rose by 0.5 percent in February, according to the Slovak Statistics Office. SITA
Crown posts another high against US dollar
The Slovak crown opened trading at 32.330/350 SKK/EUR on March 13.
Construction Minister defends online registration
Slovakia's Minister of Construction and Regional Development Marián Janušek insists that the newly introduced online system of registering projects for drawing on Euro funds is working well.
Kubiš: Coalition should alter Press Code
Slovakia should incorporate the comments from international organisations into its draft press law, Foreign Minister Ján Kubiš repeated on March 13.
Three consortia confirm bids in toll collection tender
The Slovak-Swiss consortium ToSy.sk led by the company Elektrovod Holding Bratislava and the consortium headed by the Austrian company Kapsch TrafficCom have confirmed they submitted bids in the tender to supply a complete electronic toll collection service in Slovakia by today’s deadline.
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- Liberal MP's boxing challenge backfires as far-right MEP seizes the moment
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- The law changed. Our family papers were ready. Now my kids are Slovak citizens
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- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
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- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
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- Iconic Slovak barn still draws crowds. Without donors, it might have been lost Photo
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- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
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- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
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